Monday I went run/walking - half an hour.  Tuesday morning a friend and I went for a walk before work, that was also half an hour.  I like to do things in half-hour spurts, apparently!

Tuesday after work I went over to BF's sister's place and we ran for half an hour.  No, we ran/walked for half an hour.  I couldn't imagine running for half an hour.  I would have passed out.  It was fun though, we went to a small hill in the park and ran up and down it, over and over, until I was ready to throw up.  That didn't feel great, but all in all it was a good workout!

This morning my friend and I walked for half an hour again before work.  I'm tired though, the early mornings are starting to catch up with me and i've only been doing it for two days!  Although, I was up quite late last night so that might be why.

Sorry I haven't been commenting or writing a whole lot in my entries.  It's been busy here lately.  I'm finding myself with less and less time to devote to the computer, but I will try harder!

April exercise - 12.5 hours

Friday we took the dogs for a half hour walk, and then just hung out at home and watched a movie.  Saturday BF and I went out.  First I went to a friend's house and played cards for a few hours.  Then BF showed up and wanted to go out, so we did.  Then we walked home.  I'm counting that as half an hour exercise for Saturday.

Sunday morning I walked back uptown - there's another half an hour!

Today I am supposed to be running.

April exercise - 10.5 hours 

It was not pretty outside last night.  I had a family function to go to as well, so I didn't get a lot of exercise.  When I finally made it home, I walked around a bit, did laundry, the dishes, picked up in the living room, ran up and down the stairs.  It took me half an hour to do everything, so i'm going to count it as a half hour of exercise for the night, simply because I want to.  Besides, I hardly ever clean the house so this was definitely not part of my normal routine... not that my house is in constant disarray.  We just have other priorities.

At least today it isn't raining outside - yet - so there is a possibility of doing some exercise outside.

April exercise - 9 hours

Went for a walk last night with BF and the dogs.

I don't know what kind of exercise i'm going to get today.  It's cold and windy and rainy outside and i'm not too hell-bent on being out there.

What to do, what to do...

April exercise - 8.5 hours.

I did another half an hour run/walk combo yesterday.

April exercise - 8 hours

It was Easter weekend, so we were incredibly busy during the four days off of work.  I was wishing I didn't have to come back to work today, but alas, you cannot win the lottery without buying a ticket...

Thursday night I went to badminton - 1.5 hours.  It was okay.  This week it will be cancelled because of the easter holidays, so I may have to find something else to do.  I am thinking of challenging BF to a game of basketball at the park.  I betcha I would win...

Friday did my run/walk combo for half an hour.  It was so muddy outside I had to leave my runners on the front step at home because they were absolutely covered in mud.  And I jarred my left foot while trying to run through the mud, so it hurt almost the whole rest of the day.

Saturday I think we took the dogs for a walk.  I can't remember, but I know I did half an hour of exercise because I gave myself a sticker for that day!!  Anyways, we also went to church and then I went to the Easter dance that is held annually in our town.  Maybe I counted the exercise as dancing...

Sunday I did another half hour walk, then spent the rest of the day driving from house to house eating.  Oh boy, did I eat.  I, um... well, I don't even know what to say.

Yesterday we took the dogs for a walk (I counted half an hour of exercise but I think it was more) and went to visit my Dad.  He is doing much better and is now watching more closely what he eats.  In the next few days he will begin walking again on the treadmill at the gym, where he can monitor his heart rate.  I am throwing information to both him and my brother regarding hypertension and heart disease.  The more we know, the better prepared we will be in the future.  I'm sure they're getting sick of my e-mails!

I am hoping to do a run/walk tonight after work.

April exericse - 7.5 hours.

I walked home on Tuesday after work, then went for another half an hour around the neighborhood on a run/walk combo with a friend.  Tuesday night I learned that my Dad had gone into the hospital, so yesterday I drove up to visit him and didn't get home until around 9pm.  Then I went to a friend's place to help her make cabbage rolls and got home around 11pm.  So, no exercise yesterday.

Today I am planning another half an hour after work run/walk combo outside.

I was quite worked up after hearing about my Dad being in the hospital.  He had gone in early Monday morning.  By the time I received the call and drove up there, he was already being released from the hospital with strict instructions to start living a healthier lifestyle.  So, we both have some work to do and we may as well do it together (or at least as much as possible!).  So i've planned some walks that we can do together and I told him that he'd better start training!  I also instructed him to make an appointment with a nutritionist to prepare meal plans.  I sure hope it helps - this was quite a scare for everyone involved and we certainly don't want it to happen again.  It's very unfortunate that it isn't in our human nature to be proactive, but at least we can say that he will be okay and that there are steps we can take to prevent this from happening in the future.

I also have badminton scheduled for tonight.

April exercise - 4 hours

Have a great weekend!

I walked for half an hour last night, and walked to work this morning (another half an hour).  I am staying for lunch, then will walk home after work for a total of 60 minutes of exercise today at the very least.

It was really cold today...

April exercise - 3 hours

Oh for goodness' sake, if my head wasn't screwed onto my neck... I wonder sometimes if there's even one brain cell left in it.  Okay, enough ragging on myself...

I, uh, cleaned over the weekend.  Yeah.  Oh, and I, uh, did some laundry.  Yup.  I remember one cup of coffee, but it wasn't warm when I drank it, it was already cold.  Well, luke warm.  I took a nap on Saturday afternoon... danced a little in the evening.  Got my hair cut on Sunday.  That's about it.

Whatever.  I'm telling everyone what I did, but that's it.  The weekend is over and there are no re-do's.  And I won't make myself feel bad about it, I do enough of that already!  I cleaned, and that was exercise.  I danced, and that was exercise.  I didn't over-eat, and that's very positive for me since the weekends are my bingeing days.  I'm back at work today and back in the groove and that is what matters to me.

Gotta run today though.  I don't care if I do it on the icy streets outside in the chilly -8 celsius wind.  I gotta run, so if i'm too scared to go to the gym by myself, I gotta do it on the streets, in the rain and sleet and through the dangerous and dark neighbourhood.  Under the overpass.  Weaving around to avoid the nasty traffic congestion.  Through the mice-infested junkyard in the middle of town.

Ok, so i'm kidding.  It isn't raining and there's no sleet.  The neighbourhoods are pretty decent, without any overpasses or traffic.  Our junkyard is on the outskirts of town.  But you WERE feeling pretty bad for me, weren't you?!!

I'm so glad the weekend is finally here...

BF and I ended up going to badminton last night.  I have to say, at least it broke the ice between us, but it really wasn't all that invigorating for me.  BF was sopping wet with sweat by the end of the night and I was jealous.  Jealous of sweaty people!  I got in a good workout, don't get me wrong, but it could have been even better had I been able to play something other than doubles games all night.  Oh, i'm just complaining.  Honesty, if i'm playing singles i'd rather be playing doubles and if i'm playing doubles i'd rather be playing singles.  You just can't win with me!!

I'm going to a candle party at 7 and BF is jamming with his new band tonight.  I hope it goes well for him, he needs to do something new but if it doesn't go well for him I don't think he'll ever try it again. 

Plans for the weekend:

Clean house, go through kitchen cupboards, run saturday and sunday, drink lots of water, go to an auction on sunday morning.

Set up painting supplies, write more stories, take dogs for walks, drink hot coffee and warm eggs for breakfast, listen to good music, daydream.

I like the second list better...